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UK Man Released on Bail After Boy, 3, 'Ended Up' in Crocodile Enclosure
Police arrested a 30-year-old man on suspicion of attempted murder as the boy remained in critical but stable condition, officials said.
- A 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Thursday after a three-year-old boy ended up inside a crocodile enclosure at an English zoo.
- The toddler was rescued from the reptile pen with serious injuries following the early afternoon incident at Johnson’s of Old Hurst zoo in Huntingdonshire, near Cambridge.
- The child remains in critical but stable condition at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where specially trained officers are currently providing support to his family.
- The suspect and the young boy are believed to be complete strangers, according to a statement released by Detective Inspector Verity McCann, who described the event as highly distressing.
- Detectives have launched an urgent witness appeal to piece together the exact circumstances, interviewing visitors who were present at the family-owned wildlife park when the incident occurred at 1:24 p.m.
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